Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes The rumors were true, the GameCube will get a Metal Gear Solid game.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes as it will be called, will combine the story of the original Metal
Gear Solid PS1 game with the graphics and gameplay of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. The game
will be developed by Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem developer Silicon Knights, under supervision
of Konami's Hideo Kojima and Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto. The Twin Snakes will ship later this year in the
U.S. and Europe, followed by a Japanese release in early 2004. Click here for a piece of artwork.

Half-Life 2 Xbox Bound Not hugely surprising, but nice to see it confirmed: Half-Life 2 will appear on the Xbox. Valve's Doug Lombardi had this to say to AreaXbox: "Yes, we're also working on an Xbox version, though not releasing any specific details on that until after E3."

Soul Calibur 2 Interview
New at Computer & Video Games today is this Soul Calibur 2
Q&A with producer Hiroaki Yotoriyama. The C&VG guys ask about the game's improvements over the first
game, thoughts on the fighting game competition, the platform specific bonus characters, and Xbox Live
support.

Space Channel Lawsuit Whoop, an opportunity to use the Dreamcast logo. Because Sega is being sued, by British singer Lady Miss Kier (Groove Is in the Heart). Why? Miss Kier accuses Sega of using her likeness for the Ulala character in Space Channel 5. This is of course a tragedy, but $750,000 will make it all better.

New Brute Force Preview GameSpot is offering an
updated Brute Force preview tonight, taking another look at this long in development third
person action game from Digital Anvil. The article touches on the campaign mode, the unique abilities of
characters, managing your squad, and the multiplayer action.

Tomb Raider Delay Another Tomb Raider delay, didn't see that one coming! Core Design relaunched their official
site today which has this
page about Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. First scheduled for a December 2002 release, Core's
product page now mentions that the game is due in the fourth quarter of this year.

Console Game of the Evening: Tales of Phantasia for the Super Nintendo. "Late in the SNES game and under-appreciated, ToP is still a great RPG with an interesting storyline and an innovative combat system" (submitted by Morlock).